Football World Cup 1974 / Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	008-000	+8	06-00
2.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	04: 20
3.	GDR	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01: 50
4th	Argentina	3	0	1	2	002: 700	−5	01: 50

Group A of the 1974 World Cup :

Netherlands - Argentina 4: 0 (2: 0)

Netherlands		Argentina
	1. Group game Wednesday, June 26th 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Parkstadion ) Spectators: 56,548 Referee: Robert Davidson ( Scotland )   Match report
	Jan Jongbloed - Arie Haan - Wim Suurbier (84th Rinus Israël ), Wim Rijsbergen , Ruud Krol - Wim Jansen , Johan Neeskens , Willem van Hanegem - Johnny Rep , Johan Cruyff , Rob Rensenbrink Trainer: Rinus Michels	Daniel Carnevali - Roberto Perfumo - Enrique Wolff (46th Rubén Glaria ), Ramón Heredia , Francisco Sá - Agustín Balbuena , Roberto Telch , Carlos Squeo - Rubén Ayala , Héctor Yazalde , René Houseman (46th Mario Kempes ) Trainer: Vladislao Cap
	1-0 Cruyff (10th) 2-0 Krol (25th) 3-0 Rep (73rd) 4-0 Cruyff (90th)
	Neeskens (22nd), Suurbier (58th)	Perfumo (35.)
		Argentina only played ten people from the 79th minute on, as Telch was injured.

Brazil - GDR 1: 0 (0: 0)

Brazil		GDR
	1. Group game Wednesday, June 26, 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in Hanover ( Niedersachsenstadion ) Spectators: 59,863 Referee: John Thomas ( Wales )   Match report
	Émerson Leão - Luís Pereira - Zé Maria , Marinho Peres , Francisco Marinho - Paulo César Carpegiani , Roberto Rivelino , Paulo César Lima - Valdomiro , Jairzinho , Dirceu Trainer: Mário Zagallo	Jürgen Croy - Bernd Bransch - Gerd Kische , Konrad Weise , Siegmar Wätzlich - Erich Hamann (46th Harald Irmscher ), Reinhard Lauck (64th Wolfram Löwe ), Jürgen Sparwasser , Lothar Kurbjuweit - Joachim Streich , Martin Hoffmann Trainer: Georg Buschner
	1-0 Roberto Rivelino (60.)
	Jairzinho (27th), Paulo César Carpegiani (28th), Dirceu (75th)	Hamann (11th), prank (84th)

Argentina - Brazil 1: 2 (1: 1)

Argentina		Brazil
	2. Group game Sunday, June 30, 1974 at 4 p.m. in Hanover ( Niedersachsenstadion ) Spectators: 39,400 Referee: Vital Loraux ( Belgium )   Match report
	Daniel Carnevali - Ramón Heredia - Rubén Glaria , Ángel Bargas , Francisco Sá (46th Jorge Carrascosa ) - Agustín Balbuena , Miguel Brindisi , Carlos Squeo , Carlos Babington - Rubén Ayala , Mario Kempes (46th René Houseman ) Trainer: Vladislao Cap	Émerson Leão - Luís Pereira - Zé Maria , Marinho Peres , Francisco Marinho - Paulo César Carpegiani , Roberto Rivelino , Paulo César Lima - Valdomiro , Jairzinho , Dirceu Trainer: Mário Zagallo
	1: 1 Brindisi (35th)	0: 1 Roberto Rivelino (32.) 1: 2 Jairzinho (49.)
	Houseman (72nd)

DDR - Netherlands 0: 2 (0: 1)

GDR		Netherlands
	2. Group game Sunday, June 30, 1974 at 4:00 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Parkstadion ) Spectators: 68,348 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Jürgen Croy - Bernd Bransch - Gerd Kische , Konrad Weise , Lothar Kurbjuweit - Reinhard Lauck (64th Hans-Jürgen Kreische ), Jürgen Sparwasser , Jürgen Pommerenke , Rüdiger Schnuphase - Wolfram Löwe (54th Peter Ducke ), Martin Hoffmann Trainer: Georg Buschner	Jan Jongbloed - Arie Haan - Wim Suurbier , Wim Rijsbergen , Ruud Krol - Wim Jansen , Johan Neeskens , Willem van Hanegem - Johnny Rep , Johan Cruyff , Rob Rensenbrink Trainer: Rinus Michels
		0: 1 Neeskens (7th) 0: 2 Rensenbrink (59th)

Argentina - GDR 1: 1 (1: 1)

Argentina		GDR
	3. Group game Wednesday, July 3, 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Parkstadion ) Spectators: 54,254 Referee: John Taylor ( England )   Match report
	Ubaldo Fillol - Ramón Heredia - Enrique Wolff , Ángel Bargas , Jorge Carrascosa - Miguel Brindisi , Roberto Telch , Carlos Babington - Rubén Ayala , René Houseman , Mario Kempes Trainer: Vladislao Cap	Jürgen Croy - Bernd Bransch - Gerd Kische , Konrad Weise , Lothar Kurbjuweit - Rüdiger Schnuphase , Jürgen Sparwasser , Jürgen Pommerenke - Wolfram Löwe (65th Eberhard Vogel ), Joachim Streich (80th Peter Ducke ), Martin Hoffmann Trainer: Georg Buschner
	1: 1 Houseman (20th)	0: 1 prank (14.)
	Bar gas (68.)	Economy water (23.)

Netherlands - Brazil 2: 0 (0: 0)

Netherlands		Brazil
	3. Group game Wednesday, July 3, 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion ) Spectators: 53,700 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher ( Federal Republic of Germany )   Match report
	Jan Jongbloed - Arie Haan - Wim Suurbier , Wim Rijsbergen , Ruud Krol - Wim Jansen , Johan Neeskens (85th Rinus Israël ), Willem van Hanegem - Johnny Rep , Johan Cruyff , Rob Rensenbrink (67th Theo de Jong ) Trainer: Rinus Michels	Émerson Leão - Luís Pereira - Zé Maria , Marinho Peres , Francisco Marinho - Paulo César Carpegiani , Roberto Rivelino , Paulo César Lima (61st Mirandinha ) - Valdomiro , Jairzinho , Dirceu Trainer: Mário Zagallo
	1-0 Neeskens (50th) 2-0 Cruyff (65th)
	Rep (69.)	Luís Pereira (29th), Zé Maria (37th), Marinho Peres (44th)
		Luís Pereira (84th)